If you really want to complete the workbook lessons and would like my help, but have not signed up for the one-year membership because of money, I would like to hear from you.
To want something and not get it because of money is a major distortion. It is a delay tactic designed to keep you in limitation, and not only that: but calls more limitation to you. To stall your life and put it on hold because of a story of “no money” needs a miracle.
The moment you go beyond the stories you have been telling yourself, all doors open.
I’m writing this because I got a few sign-ups in the past few days from people who wanted to sign up in January but who didn’t have money. I want to use this as an example that if you really want something, please don’t wait. We are already in February now, and if completing the workbook and experiencing consistent joy is something you have been wanting to do, I would like to hear from you. Okay?
Please stop wishing, praying, hoping for something to come to you or for circumstances to change. Please be alive. If you want something, ASK FOR IT. Even if you have no money, please still ask for it.
Ask for everything. Be like a child in your asking. A child asks for everything and more.
I’ve got 5 sign-ups on my site who had no money and stories of poverty, and the second they signed up, more money came to them.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could know this for yourself?
A Course in Miracles is designed to remove interferences that are blocking the light and all the gifts that are just sitting there waiting for you to receive them.
The gifts are here already … but do you see them?
Whenever I have wanted something in my life and did not have the money, I still acted. I didn’t have money to go to university but do you think that stopped me from applying? I put things in motion. I wrote letters. I asked for help. I applied for scholarships. And the money came, and I started classes right on time.
I had to work my entire way through university, it was hard work, but I did it.
I didn’t sit around waiting for a miracle to occur.
A few months ago I wanted to hire one of the world’s top book publicity consultants and he is super expensive – he is the best of the best – and I didn’t have a dime to my name. Do you think that stopped me? I acted. I put thing in motion and the money came.
To wait for money and THEN act is backwards. You’ll be spending your whole life in anticipation of something that will never come. You must act first, be alive, push yourself past your comfort zones … and watch what happens. “Miracles” occur.
Which is not a miracle, but a natural occurrence of being awake, alive, and alert.
MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT.
Please stop waiting for circumstances to change so that you begin living. You’ll be waiting forever.
If there is something you want to do, you have all power to make it happen.
Here is some good advice that a wise person once gave to me: TAKE THE WORD “WAIT” OUT OF YOUR VOCABULARY.
Here is Lesson 42 from the Membership Blog:
God is my strength. Vision is His gift.
Did you do the “one long practice period” yesterday for 3-5 minutes with eyes closed to practice the lesson “God goes with me wherever I go” and then to think about nothing else?
Lesson 41 – God goes with me wherever I go – brings startling results and it is the basis for the next lessons to come, so if you did not practice yesterday lesson as it asked you to do, I would like for you to stop reading right now, go get your book, open to Lesson 41, read it again, and do the 3-5 minutes that is asked of you.
Forget about everything. Forget about coming back to this blog. Just let all thoughts and images go and turn inward.
“Try to get a sense of turning inward, past all idle thoughts of the world. Try to enter very deeply into your own mind, keeping it clear of any thoughts that might divert your attention.”
I cannot stress enough the importance of practicing.
You are NOT learning anything here, but you are asked to practice as indicated.
You’ll be shocked to learn how much you resist 3-5 minutes! You’ll begin to be aware of how you skip over paragraphs and sentences, or skip a day on the lesson and make up excuses.
Which is just fine with me. I’m not here as the babysitter but you can ask yourself if your experience is one of consistent joy and IF IT IS NOT then you might want to increase your dedication and start taking the lessons a little more seriously and to put in more effort.
If you give partial attention, you will receive partial gifts. But when you give your full attention, you will be given everything. The choice is yours.
The immediacy of your transformation will startle you and leave you in a state of wonderment. Take it from me! I know!
But if nothing much is happening (or if things are still going wrong and your life is filled with problems), take an honest look at your practicing.
Lesson 41: God is my strength. Vision is His gift.
Today we are asked to have two 3-5 minute practice periods – a time to just sit quietly and think about today’s lesson: God is my strength. Vision is His gift.
Keep in mind this lesson is NOT asking to quiet your mind. In fact, it calls the state of “no thought” interference. !! An empty mind is interference.
Interference, by definition, is an unwanted radio frequency signal that prevents you from getting a clear picture or clear sound.
What you are attempting to do with A Course in Miracles is let go of interferences that were making the light waves go all chaotic in 10 different directions and to train your mind systematically to think NEW THOUGHTS OF TRUTH.
You are not trying to empty your mind. You’re not trying to see if you can be quiet.
Trying to have an empty mind is a complete waste of time and is practically impossible to do because the mind is very active.
You trying to get to a state of NO THOUGHT is ridiculous, so please don’t bother with that time-waster. The mind is active. You are attempting to divert your mind to think thoughts of truth, of love, God, joy, function, happiness and peace. You are gently forcing yourself away from limited false beliefs of separation to new thoughts of truth.
So don’t try to stop your mind from thinking. Just quiet yourself down for a minute, and then let thoughts of truth – thoughts of God – fill your mind
See the difference?
Along with the two 3-5 minute practice periods, “there is no limit on the number of short practice periods that would be beneficial today.”
**The more often you repeat the idea during the day, the more often you will be reminding yourself that the goal of the course is important to you, and that you have not forgotten it.
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I just want to add my 2 cents here. I’ve been doing the lessons with Lisa since the beginning and it’s making all the difference. Having a daily, personalized message about the material keeps me focused, prods me to really, REALLY do the exercises rather than just reading them (which is what I’ve done in the past), and to let the Course do it’s work on my mind. I know that the Course will change everything about how I see life and how see myself and that’s what I want. I also know that having a virual teacher is a blessing. I encourage anyone on the fence to jump over and join us. By virtue of our commitment we can help each other. Blessings, Karolyn
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and practicing them,,MY DIVINE SELF is in Charge these days..
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Lisa,
Thanks so much for your mentoring. Miracles have happened in my life since I have been a student of ACIM. My mom was in the hospital with a compressed spinal fracture and altzheimers as well. One day the hospital called me and said that she was being released because she “is unrehabable????” They refused to let her go back to Assisted Living and would not release her until I found 24/7 care!!!!! Luckily we found a place but the timing was awful. We had to move furniture out of her old place and get it into her new place the same day as she was released! The ACIM lesson for the day was “God goes with me wherever I go.” Well, here I was with my back against the wall when the director at the new place made a few calls and found a bunch of military guys that move you, pack you and unpack you for one price in 2 hours! Talk about God going with me wherever I go! WOW! Then the hospital called and wanted to release Mom,and it was getting dark. I cannot drive well in the dark and the case worker so. He made a phone call to the Dr. and they postponed her discharge date until today, when we would be ready. Sometimes I’m not even sure how ACIM’s Lessons work….but here is the miracle to prove that it does. I don’t have to understand it….I just have to bathe in it.
Thanks for your promises that God cannot fail and neither can we!
Love,
Carol
Hi there;
I’d like to share with you my story of how ACIM and GORGEOUS FOR GOD affected my life. I was an A student throughout my studies; obtained a lucrative profession and was hired by one of the most prestigious companies in NYC. Some years later I started my own business, worked hard and made it successful and prosperous. And yet, despite my achievements and financial comfort, I always felt that something was missing. There was a sense of not belonging; a yearning and inner aching; I was often irritable and restless, for no apparent reason at all. This baffled and troubled me. I often thought: “What is wrong with me???!!!”
Many years ago I saw a cartoon in a magazine of a man with outstretched arms and an expression of horror on his face. The line below said: “Help! I am trapped in a body!” I didn’t understand what it meant but I was intrigued and decided to re-read Freud et al. I also bought new books by Alan Watts, James Allen, Deepak Chopra and others. I attended seminars and listened to motivational speakers. Each time I started a new book, a new seminar and so on, I would get all excited, inspired and hopeful that I would finally find an answer to my quest. Yet each time, after a while, the excitement and inspiration would fade away and I would become my old troubled self again.
I know now what I did not know then: that all the wonderful theories, suppositions and speculations, even though plausible and scientifically accepted, could not possibly work, because they were NOT fortified by PRACTICAL APPLICATION!! Doctors, musicians, et al, study for years. They PRACTICE over and over, until they become true experts in their respective fields.
And so it is with A Course in Miracles. It is a MIND TRAINING COURSE, one of its kind and SEEMINGLY very difficult to comprehend. I know quite a few old-timers who studied ACIM for 10 + years. They still don’t get it. They still whine and try to figure out how to solve their problems. And so did I, for 3 + years. I attempted to do ACIM 3 times before, failed 3 times and gave up. Now I know why! The key word here is ATTEMPTED. It was like saying: “I want to but I can’t.” Now however, thanks to Lisa, I am FULLY committed! And it works wonders. I KNOW I am growing, changing and TRANSFORMING.
Also, I thought I was intelligent enough to figure out things on my own. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! I know now that intelligence has nothing to do with the Course. It is about clearing away the emotional bag we carry over our shoulder since the day we are born. And the funny thing about this bag is that it is very expandable. The more we fill it, there is still room to add more crap. And as we grow old, the bag gets so heavy, we are probably more than happy to die (!?).
And, NO! I cannot do it on my own. No one can. Plato and Socrates had teachers, and Buddha did not become Buddha in one day either. Last year I joined 2 ACIM groups on-line and read a few more. They were OK but somewhat dull and lusterless. Late last year, I came upon Gorgeous For God site and I instantly knew that my search was over. Lisa WAS what I was waiting for!
Lisa is totally devoted to her calling. She is indefatigable and I often wonder if she sleeps at all. She is firm, direct, yet gentle. She does not use lofty words or pompous lecturing. What you “see” is what you get. She is vibrant, bubbly and full of energy. I could not dream up a better teacher. How did I change? Well, let me count the ways:
1.I was a serious child; a serious teenager; a serious adolescent and a very serious adult. Needless to say, I took the Course very seriously. But Lisa took care of it. She taught me how to have fun with it. Today I do the Course with lots of enthusiasm and fun.
2.I lighten up and laugh a lot (something I could rarely do).
3. Sometimes I act outright silly. I was always so serious I could never imagine I could behave so foolishly, but I do and I love it! And so do my friends!!
4.Today I can walk into a room full of people and liven them all up!
Well, that’s enough for today. To those of you who are still hesitant about signing up for Lisa’s 2009 blog; those who think they can do it on their own and/or think that $1.00 a day is too much, I have only this to say: If you REALLY want to get rid of your emotional bag and be happy, don’t procrastinate, don’t wait. Join Lisa NOW!